Alex Marquez is one of the two drivers equipped with Honda who were able to see the finish of an Italian Grand Prix contested in an atmosphere made special by the death of Jason Dupasquier. 14th, the LCR driver left it to Pol Espargaró, 12th, to bring HRC the least bad result for the brand at Mugello. His brother Marc and his teammate Nakagami had retired after a fall. For the LCR rider, the main thing was elsewhere anyway due to the drama that played out on Saturday in Moto3. An opinion perhaps not entirely shared by his boss Alberto Puig…
By taking stock of his troops Honda, the team manager of the Repsol team Alberto puig dropped a sentence that did not leave anyone indifferent: “ Alex Marquez wasn't as good as we hoped ". The person concerned finished in the points at Mugello, but the Italian Grand Prix was overshadowed by the terrible news of the death of Jason dupasquier. Starting from the back of the MotoGP grid, the driver of Honda LCR showed determination to make his way through the peloton and took the checkered flag in 14th position on a day full of emotions for the entire paddock.
As a feat of arms during this weekend at Mugello, Álex demonstrated that he was making progress by taking 7th place during the morning warm-up and he got off to a good start to gain a few places in the first lap . He fought well throughout the race and finished four seconds behind the top 10. But in his report, the Spaniard mainly focused on the particular context of this race, launched shortly after one minute of silence in tribute to the 19-year-old Swiss pilot who had just succumbed to his injuries…
Alex Marquez: “we ran for Jason”
« It was a difficult day " recognize Alex Marquez. " The warm-up was very positive and we were able to make some progress and look forward because we had a pretty good pace. But in the race, we decided to go with a hard front tire and maybe it wasn't the right decision because I was losing a little too much on the left side ».
« It was a difficult weekend, but I think we made good progress during the warm-up and the three days. We need to analyze a little more and come back stronger”. Then the Spaniard finishes: “ anyway the main thing was we raced for Jason, often racing can be like that. I think for all of us the race was of secondary importance ". So Alberto puig informed.
MotoGP Italy J3: classification
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